Given the same access to land resources as men, women could increase farm production by 20 to 30 percent MANILA, Philippines – Trinidad Domingo has been the “man” of the house since she was 16 years old. She took on farming after her father died in 1968, even quitting school to plant rice in their [...]

The RH bill offers a comprehensive package of reproductive health measures including, but not limited, to artificial methods of contraception. It does not compel anyone into availing of these. Nobody is proposing to go door-to-door to poke diaphragms into women of reproductive age or perform vasectomies on Catholic priests.

MANILA, Philippines—Morality and medicine dominated the televised debate on the Reproductive Health bill, which aired on May 22 on GMANewstv. Six representatives each from the pro and anti-RH bill side argued over the moral and health issues surrounding House Bill 4244, or the Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2011,which, among others, [...]